Urban Fiction

Description
Fiction that has a prominent urban setting.
Members
7 participating members
1
Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
23,918 members
558 reviews
4.1
3 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
2
Tales of the City
by Armistead Maupin
4,785 members
97 reviews
3.9
3 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith: San Francisco - 1970s
3
Another Country
by James Baldwin
2,704 members
40 reviews
4.1
2 Members
aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 20th century
4
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
10,105 members
416 reviews
3.8
2 Members
ahef1963, crookedcat
5
The Alienist
by Caleb Carr
9,145 members
244 reviews
4
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - historical
6
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole
20,556 members
451 reviews
3.9
2 Members
hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
hipdeep: New Orleans
7
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
34,620 members
436 reviews
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: London and Paris - historical
8
Dancer from the Dance
by Andrew Holleran
943 members
10 reviews
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 1970s
9
The No. 1 Ladiesʼ Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
13,615 members
390 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
ahef1963, crookedcat
Explanations
ahef1963: Gaborone, Botswana, 1990s.
10
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
16,309 members
304 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: Edinburgh - 19th century
11
Murder Must Advertise
by Dorothy L. Sayers
3,618 members
103 reviews
4.2
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: London - ca. 1930
12
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
by Michael Chabon
18,248 members
403 reviews
4.2
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - speculative
13
The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt
13,614 members
764 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
14
44 Scotland Street
by Alexander McCall Smith
3,280 members
117 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: Edinburgh - 1980s?
15
Cities in Flight
by James Blish
1,697 members
35 reviews
½ 3.7
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aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - speculative
16
Memories of a Butterfly
by Ivan Vlasov
7 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
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exvano
17
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
15,376 members
199 reviews
4
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aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 20th century
18
The Water Knife
by Paolo Bacigalupi
1,677 members
92 reviews
3.8
Member
hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Phoenix - near future
19
Push
by Sapphire
3,511 members
154 reviews
3.8
Member
crookedcat
20
The Android's Dream
by John Scalzi
2,219 members
99 reviews
3.9
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hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Washington, DC - speculative fiction
21
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
66,477 members
1,047 reviews
3.8
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ahef1963
22
Dhalgren
by Samuel R. Delany
3,517 members
74 reviews
3.8
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aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: A highly speculative view of Delany's life in New York City in the 1960s and 70s
23
Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go
by George P. Pelecanos
272 members
3 reviews
3.8
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hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Washington, DC
24
Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
8,936 members
174 reviews
4
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hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Johannesburg - 1940/
25
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin
5,368 members
107 reviews
3.9
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 20th century
26
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E. L. Konigsburg
14,997 members
270 reviews
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
27
The hearse you came in on
by Tim Cockey
319 members
4 reviews
½ 3.4
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hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Baltimore
28
Stand on Zanzibar
by John Brunner
3,057 members
49 reviews
3.9
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - speculative
29
Firmin
by Sam Savage
1,759 members
119 reviews
½ 3.4
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ManWithAnAgenda
30
City of Night
by John Rechy
968 members
9 reviews
3.8
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ManWithAnAgenda
31
Perdido Street Station
by China Miéville
9,039 members
307 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
32
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell
5,696 members
301 reviews
4.1
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Nagasaki - historical
33
The Unconsoled
by Kazuo Ishiguro
3,378 members
76 reviews
½ 3.6
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ahef1963
34
Shanghai Girls
by Lisa See
4,469 members
302 reviews
3.8
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aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Shanghai and San Francisco - historical
35
Rosemary's Baby
by Ira Levin
4,310 members
131 reviews
3.8
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ahef1963
36
Duplicate Keys
by Jane Smiley
716 members
18 reviews
3.1
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ManWithAnAgenda
37
The Plague
by Albert Camus
17,527 members
230 reviews
4
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ManWithAnAgenda
38
Rubyfruit Jungle
by Rita Mae Brown
3,094 members
55 reviews
½ 3.7
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aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 1970s
39
The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
9,755 members
271 reviews
4
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ahef1963
40
Brightness Falls
by Jay McInerney
733 members
13 reviews
½ 3.6
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ManWithAnAgenda
41
The Saturdays
by Elizabeth Enright
1,593 members
28 reviews
½ 4.3
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aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 1950s
42
The Good Life
by Jay McInerney
658 members
20 reviews
½ 3.5
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ManWithAnAgenda
43
The Gods of Gotham
by Lyndsay Faye
1,289 members
119 reviews
4
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ahef1963
44
Slaves of New York
by Tama Janowitz
705 members
7 reviews
½ 3.3
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ManWithAnAgenda
45
Dubliners
by James Joyce
18,694 members
217 reviews
3.9
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ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Dublin, early 1900s.
46
River of Gods
by Ian McDonald
1,583 members
46 reviews
3.9
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Varanasi, India - speculative
47
Palimpsest
by Catherynne Valente
1,261 members
69 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
48
The Windup Girl
by Paolo Bacigalupi
5,907 members
286 reviews
½ 3.7
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aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Bangkok - speculative
49
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz
12,524 members
471 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1950s.
50
The New York Trilogy
by Paul Auster
9,438 members
154 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
51
334
by Thomas M. Disch
651 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
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aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - speculative
52
A Fine Balance
by Rohinton Mistry
8,854 members
245 reviews
½ 4.4
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ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Mumbai, India, 1970s - 1980s.
53
The City, Not Long After
by Pat Murphy
477 members
21 reviews
3.9
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: San Francisco - speculative
54
North and South
by Elizabeth Gaskell
6,976 members
234 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: 19th century Manchester
55
Forty Signs of Rain
by Kim Stanley Robinson
1,369 members
44 reviews
½ 3.4
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aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Washington, DC
56
The Night Watch
by Sarah Waters
4,265 members
148 reviews
½ 3.7
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ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: World War II London
57
Roman Blood
by Steven Saylor
1,490 members
41 reviews
3.8
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aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Rome - historical fiction
58
The Redbreast
by Jo Nesbø
4,248 members
153 reviews
3.8
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ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Oslo, Norway, 2000s.
59
London
by Edward Rutherfurd
4,336 members
70 reviews
3.9
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ahef1963
60
Bride of the Rat God
by Barbara Hambly
505 members
18 reviews
3.9
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aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Los Angeles - historical speculative fiction
61
Palace Walk
by Naguib Mahfouz
2,671 members
56 reviews
4
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ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Cairo, Egypt, circa the First World War.
62
Boulevard
by Jim Grimsley
166 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
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aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New Orleans - 1970s
63
Jar City
by Arnaldur Indridason
2,868 members
137 reviews
½ 3.7
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ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Reykjavik, Iceland, 1990s.
64
A Free Man of Color
by Barbara Hambly
889 members
37 reviews
3.9
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aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New Orleans - historical fiction
65
The Winter Queen
by Boris Akunin
2,256 members
76 reviews
½ 3.6
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ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: 19th century Moscow.
66
Fellow Travelers: A Novel
by Thomas Mallon
237 members
7 reviews
3.8
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aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Washington, DC - 1050s
67
The Man from Beijing
by Henning Mankell
2,363 members
114 reviews
½ 3.4
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ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Beijing, 1990s.
68
The Bat
by Jo Nesbø
3,621 members
180 reviews
½ 3.3
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ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Sydney, Australia, 1990s.
69
If Beale Street Could Talk
by James Baldwin
1,861 members
57 reviews
4.1
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aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: New York City - 20th century
70
Life Before Man
by Margaret Atwood
1,890 members
27 reviews
½ 3.3
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ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1980s.
71
Tea with the Black Dragon
by R. A. MacAvoy
1,427 members
34 reviews
3.9
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ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: San Francisco, 1980s.
72
The Devotion of Suspect X
by Keigo Higashino
1,697 members
232 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Tokyo, 1990s.
73
419
by Will Ferguson
578 members
50 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Lagos, Nigeria, present-day.
74
The Book of Secrets
by M. G. Vassanji
347 members
10 reviews
½ 3.6
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ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 1913-1914.